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Published: 2013-10-06 22:50:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 7815; Favourites: 185; Downloads: 119
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This weekend, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum operated their 1830s Norris-built 4-2-0 Lafayette, running it back and forth on a small track outside the museum. It looks very strange compared to newer locomotives, but it is still one of my favorite locomotives.Related content
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this beauty made an appearance in the 1955 version of the great locomotive chase as the yonahΒ
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Norris locomotive works Philadelphia PennsylvaniaΒ
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The Norris Lafayette-type locomotives entered mass production in 1837, eight years after the Stephensons designed and built Rocket.
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Is it a replica or is that thing really almost 170 something years old
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I think this is a replica the B&O built in 1927 for their centenary Fair of the Iron Horse.
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You're welcome!Β Thanks for asking about it.
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Nice locomotive.Β There's certainly something to be said about the older models.
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A fascinating model. Do they ever let this engine pull coaches nowadays? I wouldn't mind having a ride.
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Thanks!Β I think it doesn't pull coaches anymore, but it might do another demonstration run in the future.
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That'd be nice. I wonder if there are scale models available. I wonder what kind of coaches would be suited for it to pull.
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I think there are some models; the coaches would be small wooden cars that look like old stagecoaches.
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WouldΒ this Β be a good example?
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Close, though Lafayette was also known to pull double-decker coaches.
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Sounds like a strong engine for its size.
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For its time, maybe, but the trains of the 1830s and 1840s were pretty lightweight.
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Yes. I can see that.
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Though many folks in my generation do, we mustn't look down upon this older technology. Even by the mid 1800's machining processes were essentially prefected. Things like steam engines and rifles were built with impressive precision. It's amazing how they pulled it off.
I've stories about cars from the 1920's turning over 100,000 miles because the owners kept the oil in them. They did a good job back then.
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Indeed never underestimate old technology
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They definitely did, and we couldn't have today's technology with what we learned in the Industrial Revolution!
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If you want your mind blown look up the 1751 lathe created by some French engineer. That was the start of the industrial revolution.
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Love 4-2-0s. Its still uses coal or was it converted to use oil?
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Good question!Β I think it burns either coal or wood.
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Have you seen it in steam too?
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Nope, I remember seeing one of these in a museum.
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Nope, there was one in the Sabah Museum back when I was a kid, but it's long gone now.
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Sabah Museum...sounds like somewhere in Malaysia....
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I'm glad it's still around!
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I can't believe she still runs!
I thought this was a replica!
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I think this might actually be a working replica built by the B&O for its 1927 Fair of the Iron Horse.
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Oh. Because I thought the iron boiler would be too old to use.
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If the original had survived, it would probably be inoperable unless a lot of components were replaced.
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it looks amazing. I just wish it could operate on the main line tracks. I would love to see this think run along side with a modern diesal or electric engine. just for a great picture.Β
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It truly is unique! This is a genuine piece of transition technology! This is the transition from tramways and horse n' buggy to powered transportation.
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Reminds me of the Canadian traction engine I (almost) got to run at steam school!
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I can see the easy development into the 4-4-0 from this locomotive
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